Even with November still so far away, nobody can escape the presidential election. But as the summer approaches, politics and ice cream are coming together to give you a sweet escape from the campaign grind, Cosmopolitan reports. Called “Bernie’s Yearning,” the flavor created by Ben of Ben & Jerry’s (but not officially associated with the company) was well-received in Union Square, according to MSNBC News. Ben and Jerry even passed it out themselves!
The pints are mostly made up of plain mint ice cream, but the top is covered with a disk of chocolate—representing all the wealth that has risen to the top in the U.S., causing massive inequality. To enjoy the ice cream, you have to break up the chocolate and ‘redistribute the wealth’ throughout the pint. As the label describes it, Bernie’s Yearning is a “participatory flavor including a graphic description of what’s wrong in our country in (in 3D frozen confectionary form) and a tribute to the only presidential candidate who has offered solutions that will actually fix the problems.”
Unfortunately, Ben only made 40 pints of this stuff, and it’s already been given away. Sad emoji. But it’s still cool to know that this happened at all—At least there is one cool component in what’s been a fiery race to the top!